--- title: She acknowledged that she had only followed the impulses of an evil… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She acknowledged that she had only followed the impulses of an evil disposition, that she had done nothing to cure herself; everything had been given her, and all had happened as it were by the ordination of Providence. Who acts: love, all, disposition. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (love, all, disposition), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:86:88 # text = She acknowledged that she had only followed the impulses of an evil disposition, that she had done nothing to cure herself; everything had been given her, and all had happened as it were by the ordination of Providence. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 acknowledged acknowledge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 impulses impulse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 19 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ordination ordination NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Providence Providence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acknowledge** | past | love | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | love | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme impulse=Attribute | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | love | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 4 | **cure** | to-infinitive | love *not said here* | love | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer herself=Source | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | everything | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | all | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | disposition | | | | | by the ordination; of Providence | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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